"Ever since I became the chief of the guard, this Li Rat has taken the initiative to show favor to me, and has said that he will swear allegiance to me in the future. An Dafang recalled for a moment, and said hatefully: "I didn't expect him to frame me in Yefu in the future, and I blamed me for trusting him too much before." ”

"Brother Dafang, do you still remember what Li Rat said in Ye Mansion at the beginning. Liu Ningshi kept thinking about the previous scene in her mind: "He said that you have shallow qualifications, if you don't promise them to avenge the Lord of the Du Academy, how can the twelve guards of the zodiac obey you?"

"I also thought it was strange at the time, the twelve guards of the zodiac have always been at odds, and the ones who have a good relationship with Li Rat are Shi Niu, Shang Long and Yu Monkey. An Dafang lightly took a bite of burning knives: "These three people are usually very loyal to me. ”

"Then we can visit the people who don't have a good relationship with Li Rat and see if there are any clues. Ghost Face thought thoughtfully: "I don't know who has the worst relationship with Li Rat?"

"Snow Horse and Jade Rabbit. An Dafang also smiled when he said this: "These two are female guards, and they usually can't get used to the appearance of Li Rat's thief eyebrows and rat eyes; ”

"Those two sisters won't suffer very much, and the way Li Rat was too slippery that day I had seen. Liu Ningshi looked uneven: "My phantom pace can only barely keep up with him." ”

"Miss Liu is a woman, and it should be easier to get close to them when you visit the two female guards. The ghost face smiled and said: "It's better to do this, Da Fang and Miss Liu go to investigate the Li Rat case, and the case of the fake tax collector will be handed over to me, how about it?"

"We meet at the Fengyuan Inn every day to exchange the situation of the day, Brother Dafang, what do you think. Liu Ningshi also nodded in agreement.

"Everything is a poem. An Dafang nodded.

"That's it. Ghost Face stretched and smiled: "Miss Liu, you see that the business is also over, and Dafang and I will 。。。。。。 ”

"Drink, drink! I'm going home. Liu Ningshi waved her hand to the two of them helplessly, and walked towards the outer door: "No wonder Brother Xiangyun is reluctant to come to the Drunken Wind Building, if you drink with these two people and don't be killed by them." ”

The bazaar at dusk is very lively, all kinds of small traders are shouting and selling their own things, and the customers of the bazaar are also endless, bargaining, finding their way, all kinds of hustle and bustle.

Tong Bo, who took off his guard uniform, looked ordinary when he walked in the crowd, and he also liked this state very much, and when he saw that he loved to eat and drink, he spent a few copper coins to satisfy his five internal organs temple, which was simply an unprecedented enjoyment.

No, Tong Bo, who looked worried, didn't seem to have woken up yet, but he couldn't wait to come to a steamed bun stall: "Boss, how do you sell the roasted wheat?"

"Guest officer, two pennies a piece. When the steamed bun vendor saw that a customer wanted to buy steamed buns, he greeted him warmly: "My roasted wheat here is famous far and wide, how many do you want to buy?"

"Well, bring me two siu mai. Tong Bo could smell the fragrance of steamed buns through the huge steamer, and his stomach was already protesting because he missed lunch because he slept at noon.

"Howler. Tong Bo took out four copper plates from his waist and put them on the steamer surface, took the reed leaves in his left hand, and just wanted to take out a roasted wheat to enjoy with his right hand, he heard a shout in front of him.

"Catch her, don't let this thief escape. I saw an unkempt little girl running non-stop, her beautiful hair looked very messy, her thin cloth shirt was also full of mud, and she was holding half a baked cake in her hand and nibbling it from time to time;

Suddenly, the little girl stumbled and fell forward on an unsteady footing, and the peddler chased after her and picked her up: "Good thief, you little thief, I have been chasing her for so long." ”

The little girl stared at the vendor stubbornly, but there was not a tear in her eyes: "You are talking nonsense, I am not a thief at all, and I did not steal your things." ”

"You still said you didn't steal. The peddler snatched half of the baked cake from the little girl's hand and showed it to the crowd of onlookers: "Folks, you judge that she stole this half of the baked cake from my stall." ”

"Little girl, it's not good to steal at such a young age. ”

"yes, that's what your adults taught you?"

The onlookers began to talk about it.

"He said nonsense, I didn't steal, I really didn't steal. The little girl tried her best to argue, but no one believed him.

"Hmph, little girl, this half of the baked cake has a pattern of money, either pay me today, or you can only use you to offset this baked cake." The peddler watched the villagers around him help him speak, which further fueled his arrogance, and looked at the little girl with a greedy face.

"Stop. Tong Bo rarely likes to be nosy, but watching a peddler bully a child like this, every pore of his body exudes anger flowing into his heart.

"Who are you? Want to be nosy?" The peddler saw that Tong Bo wanted to be nosy, and immediately became angry.

"Are you Yu'er?" Tong Bo took a closer look, only to see the little girl's face, it was the child who was hiding behind Liu Ningshi in the west of Jinling City that day.

"Who are you? But I don't know you. The little girl looked at Tong Bo with wary eyes.

"I'm Xiangyun, your sister Ning Shi's friend. Tong Bo kicked down on one knee and took out a piece of white silk cloth to wipe the dust on Yu'er's face, but he endured the sourness in his heart and didn't let himself lose his temper in front of the child.

"Are you really Sister Ningshi's friend?" Yu'er heard Liu Ningshi's name, her heart was sour, she couldn't control her emotions anymore, and tears fell from her eyes.

"Yu'er, there is Brother Xiangyun here, don't be afraid. Tong Bo wiped her tears with tenderness on his face.

"Have you two finished the confession scene?" The vendor on the side watched Tong Bo and the little girl talking as if no one was around, and he couldn't help but roar angrily without taking himself seriously.

"You just said that she stole half of your baked cake?" Tong Bo stood and turned around, his face turning from the original tenderness to coldness in just a moment.

"Yes, so what?" the peddler looked at Tong Bo's eyes, and suddenly shuddered, but his mouth was still stiff.

"Is it?" Tong Bo was not polite, snatched half of the baked cake from the vendor's hand, looked at it for a moment, raised it and turned around in front of everyone: "Folks, look at it, this half of the baked cake is full of dust and footprints, and your stall sells this kind of goods?"

"Brother Xiangyun, this half of the baked cake was thrown on the ground when others didn't want it, and Yu'er picked it up. Yu'er defended: "Sister Ning Shi taught Yu'er that you must be a man with integrity, even if you starve to death, you can steal it." ”

"yes, it's a baked cake that no one else wants. ”

"Wow, it turns out that you wronged others. ”

After Tong Bo and Yu'er said this, everyone understood that it was this vendor who was lying, and they accused it one after another.

"You are talking nonsense, this is clearly stolen and fell to the ground and was trampled on. The peddler was still quibbling shamelessly.

"How much did you just say this half of the baked cake costs?" Tong Bo listened to the hawker's quibble, and instead of getting angry, he laughed, and the smile was so deep and charming.

"One, one penny. The peddler looked at Tong Bo's expression, and didn't know why he had a feeling of fright, and even stammered when he spoke.

"It's okay, just give you a penny. Tong Bozhong and his index finger flicked hard, and a sharp and swift yellow light flew towards the vendor.

"Ahh

"Yu'er, you must be hungry, Brother Xiangyun will take you to eat. Tong Bo didn't look at the vendor, picked up Yu'er and left.

"You, even a little girl deserves to be bullied. ”

"yes, it's really a pig and a dog. ”

Hearing the crowd's shouts and scolding, Tong Bo, who had walked far away, couldn't help but sigh: "It's really unworthy, there will be disasters." ”

In the corner of Jingrui's steamed bun shop, Yu'er didn't care about the ugly appearance, she was holding a bun in one hand and chewing it with a gobble, and Tong Bo on the side moved a cup of tea in front of her, and said with a smile: "Yu'er, eat slowly, don't choke." ”

"Brother Xiangyun, I haven't eaten all day. Yu'er said as she grabbed another bun and put it in her mouth.

"Aren't you living in the west of Jinling City with Wang Ma, what is going on there?" Tong Bo looked at Yu'er like this, and a sense of foreboding faintly rose in his heart.

Sure enough, Yu'er heard Tong Bo's question, and the sweet buns she had eaten fell to the ground, and she cried again: "Wang Ma, Wang Ma and Xiao Tu are all dead." ”

"Dead?" Tong Bo was like five thunderbolts, his heart was dripping blood, those were a few young lives, the children he wanted to protect so much, in order for them to grow up happily and safely, in order not to implicate them in his own affairs, he could only look at them from a distance every time, and now he died like this.

"Yu'er doesn't cry, tell Brother Xiangyun what's going on?" Tong Bo calmed down, calmed down the emotions burning in his mind, and gently stroked Yu'er's head.

"It's a few officials in red messengers, it seems that they are here to collect some taxes?" Yu'er's mood also calmed down slightly: "Wang Ma didn't agree, so she had a conflict with them, and was stabbed to death with a dagger by an official; ”

"Official?" Tong Bo thought quickly in his mind: "Recently, there seems to be a group of fake tax collectors in Jinling City, who have harmed many people. I didn't want to worry about it, but now I'm going to fight you. ”

"Escort Tong, what's the matter with being so anxious to call me with a flying pigeon?" Just as Tong Bo was thinking, a phantom feather in a pale yellow silk shirt appeared in the bun shop.

"Miss Yu, you are finally here, so I bother you to take Yu'er to freshen up, and then take her to buy two changes of clothes. Tong Bo took out five taels of silver from his bosom and handed it to Phantom Yu.

"Who is this little girl?" Phantom Yu was confused by Tong Bo's explanation for a while.

"She is a friend of Miss Liu, and I will talk to you about the details later. Tong Bo turned around and was about to leave: "I'm going to the west of Jinling City to have a look." ”

"Brother Xiangyun, do you want to leave Yu'er?" Yu'er timidly pulled the corner of Tong Bo's clothes, reluctant to let him go.

"How could it be! Brother Xiangyun just wants to find out the murderer who killed Wang Ma and them and avenge Yu'er. Tong Bo turned around and kicked in front of Yu, scratched her nose, and a warm smile appeared on his face: "Yu'er, go back with Sister Yu first, Brother Xiangyun will definitely go to see you after doing these things." ”

"Then, that Brother Xiangyun must speak and come to see Yu'er. Yu'er innocently stretched out a little thumb: "Why don't you pull the hook." ”

The moment Yu'er and Tong Bo's little thumbs touched together, their hearts were filled with a strong warmth, and a satisfied smile appeared on their faces.